Bureaucrats Are Trying To ‘Subvert’ The Trump Administration, Former Adviser Alleges

Former adviser Calley Means alleged that career officials within the federal government are obstructing President Donald Trump’s agenda, describing staff around Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as compromised. His claims matter amid debate over how quickly the administration has acted on policies Trump campaigned on and after Democrats won both chambers of Congress in the 2026 midterms.

Means made the allegations on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, released Friday, saying a memo based on a Second World War sabotage manual had circulated among career officials. The manual, published by the Office of Strategic Services, described ways to disrupt organisations, including unnecessary committees and inefficient procedures. Means resigned from the White House on 22 October; the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and the article also includes a rebuttal from someone disputing Means’s account.